Amusing Sottish words

[Fulmar]

Thought I would start a thread featuring amusing Scottish words. Here is one of my favourites, the source of the definition being:
www.yourdictionary.com

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(Scotland, slang, pejorative) Idiot (http://www.yourdictionary.com/Idiot); an objectionable (http://www.yourdictionary.com/objectionable) and foolish (http://www.yourdictionary.com/foolish) person.


Usage notes

This term is often used affectionately among close friends.




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[Goodfellers]

My word.....Muttonhead


http://www.dictionary.com/browse/muttonhead
British Dictionary definitions for muttonhead Expand muttonhead
/ˈmʌtənˌhɛd/

noun 1. (slang) a stupid or ignorant person; fool







Can we include any UK based word as it opens up more scope to find 'interesting' words ​!

[mi16]

Eejit
cull
radgepacket

[Fulmar]

Idiom: On a shoogly pegIdiom Definitions for 'On a shoogly peg'Something, like a person's job, that's on a shoogly peg is insecure.



This idiom is Scottish English (https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/country/scottish+english.html) https://static.usingenglish.com/images/flags/scotland.gif
Category: General (https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/cat/3.html)
View examples in Google: On a shoogly peg (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22On+a+shoogly+peg%22)

Or their 'deeply flawed arguments' on a forum, maybe!

[golach]

http://www.dsl.ac.uk/

great website for finding Scots words and their meaning

[Fulmar]

Any words or phrases as far as I'm concerned! Anything to provide some light relief.
Meantime, from www.firstfoot.com Scottish vernacular dictionary

Get lost, shut up. 'Away an bile yer heid ya numpty,ye dinnae ken whit yer talkin aboot.'

Have I felt like saying this lately? Hmm, maybe!

[Mik.M.]

2nd referendum....................

[Goodfellers]

Wally pronounced wo-lee

A wally is in fact someone who is very intelligent in some areas but very stupid (alomost unbelievably) in others

Have you noticed, most of the words are following a 'theme' !!

[stumpy]

And sticking with that theme, I always had a soft spot for trosk. Lovely word, even if I've been called it more than once.

I read an article once that said it was originally a word for a daft female, but as a teenage male in the 70s it was practically my middle name.

[Fulmar]

I've certainly been 'crabbit' recently! Too much reading of a certain thread and letting it get to me. I'm in remission now!

[riggerboy]

driech day e day,

[Green_not_greed]

Getifu.

Yabassa.

Especially strung together in a strong Weegie accent

(Thanks to Billy Connolly for this one !)

[kosacid]

ya bunch o tattiebogles ;)

[2little2late]

neep dockers

[Fulmar]

'Fearty'
At least the majority of us on here are not that!

[Fulmar]

'Thrawn'!!

[2little2late]

Tink............................................

[Goodfellers]

''Twonk''nounBritish
informal


A stupid or foolish person.


Origin1980s: perhaps a blend of twit or and plonker.



Still following a theme here. Where are we getting our inspiration?

[Fulmar]

A little off the original thread topic but never mind.
'Herbivore': an animal that only eats plants.
'Herbibore': A person who insists, despite all scientific and other evidence to the contrary, that human beings are herbivores.
Oh, and I also came across this just now on the internet and I quote:
'Narcissitic know it all' : A person with that 'always have to be right' personality flaw. The Science Newsgroups seem to attract them. One term from psychology which describes their behaviour is Heavily Defended, meaning that they've evolved extremely strong defence mechanisms which sustain their illusion that they're perfect and superior'.

[Goodfellers]

A little off the original thread topic but never mind.
'Herbivore': an animal that only eats plants.
'Herbibore': A person who insists, despite all scientific and other evidence to the contrary, that human beings are herbivores.
Oh, and I also came across this just now on the internet and I quote:
'Narcissitic know it all' : A person with that 'always have to be right' personality flaw. The Science Newsgroups seem to attract them. One term from psychology which describes their behaviour is Heavily Defended, meaning that they've evolved extremely strong defence mechanisms which sustain their illusion that they're perfect and superior'.

Lol. who could you possibly be thinking of :roll:

[Fulmar]

Numpty
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Numpty
Scottish usage:
Someone who (sometimes unwittingly) by speech or action demonstrates a lack of knowledge or misconception of a particular subject or situation to the amusement of others.

[Stark]

"I cannae mind"

When I lived in Dounreay back in 99/2000 , I used to hear this everywhere, I learned it means "I don't like", as in "I cannae mind sugar in my tea".

Foxed me for months.